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WITH Miss Van Znndt in wax and Spies
In a noo.HO it would indeed bo a quiet fain-
THE adumbrant form of Sara Born-
i-Jinrdl this week appeared before n Wash-
| -Jngton audionco.
SPIES will get a new trial pretty soon.
ho will know for certain whether
lovely Nina is to bo a widow.
THE man who called Ell Perkins a lint
' Certainly had no acquaintance with thai
jnan Parks tlio reformed informer.
p ANY member of the Douglas delegation
I Who allows himself to bo tampered will :
' by the oil room lobby will be called to a
Btrict reckoning.
I ANOTIIEK bridge across thn Missouri , a
Cable car line and countless brick am !
Branito blocks are a few tilings cnumor
ntcd in Omaha's boom.
It , CoNOitfss adjourns at noon to-day and
If the legislature of Nebraska could have
1 fccen induced to terminate its toil there
ff Vrould bo great relief to the pcoplo a :
Svell as the papers.
AN extra session of the senate wil
doubtless bo called by the president t (
act upon appointments , and Nebraska' :
democratic congressman will now conic
forward with his requisitions for pat
ronage. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
MR. WATTKKSOX devotes considorabli
of his valuable time in writing articles t <
show that Mr. Cleveland cannot bo electci
ngain. So far ho has not given an opinioi
as to what chance Henry George wouli
stand.
Mu. YOUNO held out bravely ugains
the blandishments and throats of tin
railroad and pavers' lobby. If he weak
ens now the workingmen of Omaha
whoso representative ho is , will know tin
reason why.
AMOKO the proceedings of the last da ;
of the forty , in which bills may bo intrc
duced , it is written that "Mr. Colby introduced
troducod two now bills. " Of tlio sovera
hundred presented by the Gage count
statesman an anxious public wonder
how many of them will bo passed.
AND now Kussoll Sago is In trouble
A woman for whom ho speculated , sue
him for losses sustained by what she i
pleased to term his "bull-headed ignor
nnco. " Before Mr. Sago is throug !
with this matter , ho will doubtless believe
liovo that woman is a greater institutioi
than our navy.
is n brief reference in a reccr
number of Science to a remarkable cas
in which the breath of an individual , o
rather the eructations from his stomacl
took fire when brought in contact with
lighted match. The article did not saj
but it is supposed Uio person referred t
was a Lincoln lobbyist.
Mit. Boy is playing the same ol
game. Ho doesn't want to bo renom :
natcd mayor. Ho would'n have th
ollico if it was tendered on a silver sa
vor. But his underhanded work again :
the charter shows that ho is not only dli
gruntlcd , but has a llngorm
hope of another term. These ui
his old tactics. Ho ni
Want the oflico two years ago , but quiotl
worked up his boom by the bogus cit
zons' movement When ho found tl
council against him ho threatened to n
aign. At the end of the first year ho wr
still mayor , but warned everybody tht
the re-election of Bcchol and a mnjorit
against him would bring disaster o
Omaha in the shape of his rcsignntioi
Bochel wns re-elected and the council r <
nialned adverse , but the disaster has ni
yet occurred.
IN thu Chicago Times of last Mondu
appeared a special from Lincoln with
onsatlonal report about alleged bribei
in the senatorial campaign. Sever
members of the lower house were name
us having been offered bribes in the ii
terost of General Van Wyek. Two i
thcso members were promptly lute
viewed by the editor of the BKK abe
r this report , nnd both very omphatlcal
declared that they knew nothing whfl
ever that would in any way justify sui
k a report concerning themselves. Tin
xprcsscd much surprise that their nam
hould be coupled with such a charg
nd thought that it emanated from
aeasatioual reporter. Now another part
hankering after notoriety , bos struck tl
Mtmo maro's nest , but ho1 cautiously i
Jtaiaa from naming his informant.
BloStinno'a Organ.
The purchase ot the Herald at the price
paid , Including tlio real estate , is doubtless -
less a coed venture if regarded as a com
mercial speculation. Uut as a move by n
luoky and ambitious politician to sccuro
a personal organ to still further ndrunco
liia political fortunes , wo predict that dis
appointment will ensue. In the eastern
stales the practice of ownership or con
trol of newspapers by politicians to
sound their praise , print their speeches ,
defend their votes or nets and at all times
to advocate their political advancement
has long since grown into "mocuous
desuetude. " As the press grew strong
Us members found moro profit , independ
ence and self-respect in serving the pee
ple' : ) interests than those of any individ
ual , and even where the service of the
public to that of uu individual was not
preferred , tlio papers worth buying be
came too valuable to be bought by poli
ticians , whoso usual capital consisted In
personal ambition and the hope ot gain
from the public ollicc they sought.
lint as too often happens the worn
out theories and practices of the cast ,
in this as in other respects , have
been transferred to the west , whcro
the rapid acquisition of fortunes
in mining , grazing and real estate usually
begets the desire for political distinction
and leadership. Great and rapidly ac
quired fortunes seem unsatisfying to
men of the west unless they can bo made
instrumental in securing political pre
ferment , nnd to this end most of them
lavish money recklfssly and unscrupu
lously at primaries and conventions , at
the polls and in the legislatures , and in
the purchase or subsidi/.ing of newspa
pers , until it has become tlio reproach of
the west that quickly acquired wealtli
controls all the avenues and steps to
political preferment from the ward
caucus to the United States Ecnatc.
Colorado is a case in point. KvSena-
tor Hill paid $ 180,000 to buy , and thus to
silence the opposition of the Denver
Tribune , the paper itself not being worth
probably a third of that sum. Ho also
partially or wholly owned many other
papers throughout the state , and in his
political contests ho has squandered
what would be adequate fortunes for
many men of moderate desires. And yet
all his money and newspapers failed to
sccuro his re-election. Kx Governor
Tabor is another man suddenly become
rich , who was infected with political am
bition , lie was made lieutenant gover
nor , then strove to be governor , then
United States senator for a full term , but
only secured the sop of a thirty-day va
cancy , during which ho made himself as
ridiculous as n man of his antecedents
might bo expected to do. Then he strove
again to bo governor and failed , and will
doubtless continue to strive for that or
other ollicc so long as his lifo or his
money last. In nil these contests ho lias
been the credulous and
most easily-im
posed upon man conceivable ; he has
bought his newspapers , as usual , and
poured out his money like water.
In these examples and others that
could bo cited there is & warning for John
A. MnShanc. Of course his eye is upon
the United States senate. His election to
the house as the result of an unworthy
republican nomination has given him the
idea that ho is the coming man of his
part } ' in the state , and ho believes that a
personal organ aim the closing of the
breach botwcon the packing-house and
slaughter-house factions of his part } ' ,
which ho hopes thereby to efl'eot , will
pave his way to Senator Mnndorson's
seat. But it will bo strange if in his case ,
as in that of others , his organ docs not
prove his ruin. When a man's own paper
lauds him , it is to the public ear like the
tinkling of brass and the sounding of
cymbals. The independence of the paper
is known to be gone , and its influence
goes with it. Personally John A. Mc-
Shane is a worthy man ; as a politician he
has made the mistake of buying an organ
A Small , But Happy Surprise.
Occasionally there are happy surprises ,
They are in store for us all. They are
slow sometimes in making tiicir appear
ancc. Vet they generally come along
The gratifying information comes from
Lincoln that the governor has signet
senate iilo number four , fixing the ma\i
mum passenger rates in Nebraska ai
three cents per milo. While this has beer
the rate in eastern and central Nebraska
on railroads known as "first-class , " thosi
living west of the 100th meridian have
boon compelled to pay four cents pci
milo ; while on roads rating below first
class , three and one-half cents have beei
oxactcd throughout the state. Now al
roads in all localities in this state wil
charge the same throe cents per mile
While railway legislation is badly ncodcd
it has appeared from recent happening !
at the capital that no relief whatovei
would bo oflbred. This now law offeri
nnd guarantees relief from cxtortionati
passenger rates In the locality when
relief is most ncoded. An imaginary
line is no longer considered. The bil
presumes that in a state so populous ai
Nebraska there can bo no "class" of rail
roads. On the principle that a half loa
is bettor than none , so small n slice wil
bo accepted if that is all that is oD'ercd o
can be obtained. The reduction is no
much. It is a little , however , and a sto |
long needed in the ritrht diroction. Am
while it is but little , it is yet a happy sui
pnso.
3. The citizens of the western part o
our state , those who open up the conn
try and make it possible fo
railroads to operate , will yc
bo compelled to suffer the outragcou
freight ciiarges which have cripploi
them in all past years. They will b
ruthlessly plundered for two years more
And if it continues lawful for railroai
managers to swarm the state capital a
each session witli their hirelings am
henchmen , the hope for relief at an
time remains a dim picture. Whim th
inter-state commerce law is put in opera
lion we shall look for a moro liberal rate
Hut oven thenwith classifications to inyt
tify and experts to explain , the mcrchan
doing business in thn country town , win
purchases small bills of goods will n
doubt continue to pay unreasonable talk
The government law will regulate coi
tain kinds of transportation. Yet absc
lute relief cannot bo offered. It gonoi
ally requires state laws to govern state :
They must conform with govorumon
laws. Certain restrictions and requirements
monts may uo necessary in Nebraska
while in other states the needs am
wants might be directly opposite. Who
is needed now and what has long bee
wanted in Nebraska , is , plainly , a lai
preventing railroads , operating witlu
the boundaries of our state , from wreck
ing towns , plundering the populac <
monopolizing necessary articles of food
nnd fuel and at the s.tmc time compel
ling them to carry products of tlio farm
to eastern markets only at reasonable
prices. The duties of common carriers
should bo defined. It ought not to
bo their privilege to have n horde
of town-site unmade * following in
their wako preying upon prosperous
communities by exacting "bribes' * and
"gifts , " or wrecking towns when their
illegal demands are not granted.Vo
hold that a railroad company has no
rltrht to organize or countenance the or-
gani/.atlon of bands of vultures and bum
mers and give them its protection.
Almost every town started in Nebraska
during the last ton years has been com-
'polled to experience the raids of Uieso
unscrupulous schemers.
The pcoplo of this state have been long-
sufluring nnd kind. The } ' have scon their
interests absorbed nnd their wishes
laughed at. They have given and given
when they knew the exactions wcro legal
ized robberies. As a rule the masses nro
slow to move. They net with caution ,
but always with precision. They will
suffer just so much nnd no moro. Mark
this prophecy. Unless moro railway
legislation is secured than the simple re
duction of passenger tnrin" , there will bo
a grand uprising of the people two .vcar.s
hence. And it will bo a sorry day for
those who have been so prominent this
year in defeating the people's expressed
wants and desires.
The KnljjlitH nnel the Pope.
In view of the hostile attitude of the
supreme head of tlio Catholic church to
the Knights of Labor , as expressed
thronjrh Cardinal Tascherean , of Canada ,
last year.tho published report of Cardinal
Gibbons to the propaganda on the same
subject is worthy of special notice , not
nly as showing a wide difl'erenco of
pinion between the heads of the church
n Canada and the United Stales , but as
giving evidence of a change of views by
he pope himself , for it is clear that
he propaganda would not have given
tit for publication &o strong an argu
ment against its previous decision if it
lid not foreshadow a change of that de
cision.
Cardinal Gibbons reports how care-
inly and thoroughly the commission of
wolvo archbishops , which assembled in
ialtimoro in October last , considered and
nvcstigatcel the constitution , laws , pur
poses and practices of the Knights of
"v.\bor , and that only two of their num
ber voted for their condemnation. Ho
explains how entirely frco the order Is
rom the objection of the church to secret
societies , and explains not only its entire
accordance with our laws and institutions ,
: it least in its aims if not always in its
methods , but the social condition of labor
and its relation to capital which justify
some kind of organisation of the former
to secure fair treatment from the latter.
His defense of the aims of the Knights of
Labor Is very frank and logical , and can-
: iot fail , we think , in presenting the mat
ter in so now and convincing a light to
Leo XIII. as to secure a reversal of his
previous decision.
In summing up the cardinal suggests
some prudential considerations why the
hurch should not bo arrayed against our
American labor organizations , chiefly
because American Catholics do not admit
that it is a question alluding any doctrine ,
and therefore not within the province of
the church to deal with. Ho plainly tolls
the propaganda that its condemnation
would bo rebelled against and could not
bo enforced ; that it would bo dangerous
to the reputation of the church in out
democratic country , and ruinous to its
finances by the cutting oil'of Peter's
pence.
It Is one of the strong points ref the
cardinal's plea that ho urges
the propaganda not to allow
the church to be branded as "un-Ameri
can. " His entire argument , as well
as the events connected with the suspen
sion of Father McGlynn must make II
clearer to the council at Homo than evoi
before that whenever the church is ar
rayed against the individual nnd political
liberties of its votaries in free America ,
the church will have to go to the wall.
The far-reaching power of the church in
past ages , or oven in the present ago , in
old Catholic countries will not bo sub
nutted to hero. When D.iniel O'Connell
said : "As much religion as you please ,
but no politics from llomo , " ho exact ! }
expressed the feelings of Catholics in
this country. So long as the church con
forms to the spirit of our frco institutions -
tions it will maintain its power and ex
tend its influence on our soil , but when
it forgets that this is a democratic
country , self-governed bv a free people
it will find the rebellious spirit of 1771
latent but living.
Hut the church is wise , and it will fine
reasons enough in its varied history ami
expcrionecs for gracefully yiuldinp
whom prudence dictates. It could gnir
nothing in a conflict with its American
children , and it would lose its stronges
supporters in the world to-day. Fo
those reasons , moro than because tin
cardinal thinks the organization of tin
Knights transient , there will , wo think
bo no condemnation and therefore IK
conllict with Mother Church.
Not n Happy Political Family ,
The Now York Times is authority fo
the statement that the democratic part ;
in that region "is in n condition of vor ;
unstable equilibrium" "It has , " say ;
that journal , "moro leaders than it car
safely carry , and as many opinions urn
policies as there are sides to the promi
nent public questions of the day. " Thii
will nnswor very well as a description o
the situation of the party as a whole , am
still representing hostile policies regard
inc the distribution of patronage with Unn
dull and Carlisle pulling in opposite dircc
lions on.tho tariff , with the secretary of th
treasury arrayed against the majority o
his party on the silver question , with th
representatives of the party in congress
gross divided into hostile factions am
waging * against each other a relentless
lontloss warfare , surely the democrat !
party is more severely alllicted with wat
ring leaders nnd different policies thai
any other political organization In thl
country has ever boon. Nor does then
appear to bo any promise that this sltun
tion will bo improved in the near future
On the contrary the Indications are that i
is likely to become worse. Recent oir
cuinstances ore contributing to a ilissen
sion and an increasing disturbance.
But wo nro immediately concernoi
about the state of affairs in Now York
which it may bo remarked has mor
than a local significance. Whatever al
fccts the unity and harmony of the dc
mocracy of Now York during the ncx
fifteen months nuvt iy.uo n national in
terest. Thn ntuatlon which is described
by the Times in the ilanguago wo have
quoted appears tobo , duo entirely to the
now celebrated letter of Mayor Hewitt ,
contributed to the literary part of tlio
banquet of the Young Men's Democratic
club of Brooklyn , but suppressed by the
president of the club in deference to
Governor Hill , and slnco made public by
its author. We have heretofore called
attention to this precious epistle , sug
gesting at the same time that it was
likely to create n commotion. We arc
therefore not at all surprised that it has
done so. Wo now supplement our first
suggestion with the prediction that tlio
commotion created will bo felt far
enough in the future to have an import
ant effect upon the democratic vote in
the next national campaign. The
present consequences are very nnrked ,
and from a party point of view
serious. Mr. Hewitt stands unfal
teringly by the views expressed in the
letter , which were unfriendly to the
methods of organi/ed labor , while he at
the same time reflected sharply upon
democratic lenders who uphold these
methods in order to sain the Inbor vote.
It was a startling attitude for so promi
nent a democrat as Mr. Hewitt to assume ,
but it is found that ho has many reputable
members of the parly with him. On the
other hand , some of the leading local
democrats arc forcibly disclaiming nny
sympathy with the attitude of Mr. Hewitt
ami allege that ho misrepresents demo
cratic sentiment. A speech of one of
these , Judge Power , delivered at a dinner
of the county democratic committee , in
which the cause of labor is extolled and
the policy of calling tlio labor vote baelc
is urged , is referred to as the true ex
position of the feeling of the democratic
party toward labor. The friends of Gov
ernor Hill , too , are disposed to resent tlio
imputation upon him conveyed in the
letter of Mr. Hewitt. Thus two factions ,
holding opinions sharply at variance ,
have been created in the democracy ot
New York by this controversy , and
the two most prominent party leaders
ot the state arc distinctly , ar-
aycd against each other. At the same
line orious dissensions have broken
out In tlie ranks of the Brooklyn club ,
which threaten to destroy that organiza
tion. It is dillictilt to conceive of . * moro
inhappy ana inharmonious political fain-
ly.
Meonwhilo , what must the labor of the
country think of the unmasking which
this noritention has effected ? Must
not tlio ( ilfect inevitably bo to shako
its confidence in democratic professions
of friendship ? Mr. Hewitt may not have
been discreet in this in tti'.r , but he was
honest. Ilo candidly confessed his hos
tility to organized labdr , and with equal
candor ho exposed ( jio insincerity of
other democratic leaders who coquet
with labor simply , to use it.
Disintegrating i'amlunclcs.
It cr.nnot bo doubted that in the course
(
of time the British possessions in North
America will declare their independence
of Great Britain. Thismay , not happen
in the no\t or for several generations ,
but it is inevitable'that ' with the growth
of these possessions la population nnd
wealth , with the succession of people
upon whom the constraints of tradition
nnd the sentiment of loyalty would rest
very lightly , with the progress of the now
advancing idea of homo rule , with the
Incentive to independence that comes of
self-conscious power , and with the ex
ample of the United States constantly
exerted ns a powerful influence , Great
Britain will sooner or later bo compelled
to surrender her colonial possessions on
this continent. Practically imperial con
trol in the provinces of North America is
now little moro than a matter of form ,
The government of Canada never makes
a demand that is not acceded to by the
imperial government. There was no dif
ficulty , and not much delay , in securing
the assent of the crown to the legislation
greatly enlarging the power of the Cana
dian authorities for seizing American
vessels , although palpably hostile to the
United States. The disposition of Eng
lish statesmen in recent years has al
ways been manifested in the direction ol
cajoling and placating the majority son
timcnt of British subjects in Nortli
America. Othcrwiso the existing polio }
of the Dominion , which antagonizes thai
of Great Britain , would not have been
permitted to stand. Otherwise the course
of the Canadian government in relation
to the fishery dispute would not have
been allowed to go to the extremity il
has , compelling this government tr
adopt a policy of retaliation. Englisl
statesmen have for moro than a genera
tion understood that the price of colonial
loyalty on this continent is concession te
the colonial sentiment that is in the
majority.
Nevertheless this has not wholly stayee
the .progress of the disintegrating ton
dcncics. They have been crowing
steadily , and in some quarters rapidly
They arc most conspicuous in the mari
time provinces , but they are present ii
greater or lea's degree everywhere. Tin
more active growth of the spirit of revolt
volt against the imperial government it
the maritime provinces Is duo to the fac
that they have boon niada to feel mos
severely the displeasure of the loyal clo
incut that wields the pqwcr. Their in
terests have been ncglec/ed , their right
ignored , their appeals jlisregardod , al
by way of punishing their p.ist contu
macy. The affect has certainly been dis
astrous to them. They have sufTorei
and are suffering' , as the recen
accounts of deplorable , hardship am
privation in Newfoundland and Nevi
Scotia amply attest. ' AnU they are bear
ing disaster and suffering with most ad
mirablc courngo , while proclaiming will
greater firmness than cVer what they believe
liovo to be their righl,3. , .
Thn recent address iofr the Newfound
land legislature to tlto imperial government
mont voices the prevailing sentiment ii
the maritime provinces , and may provi
to bo the first act of n most interostinj
crisis , In which nil of them will bo in
volvcd. The one condition against siicl
a crisis is of course the comparative helplessness
lossness of these provinces , which nr
not so well able relatively to assort nm
maintain their independence as were th
American colonies , poor as they worr
The aggregate population of iho mar
time provinces of the Dominion andTfew
foundland does not oxcecd a million an
a quarter , and they have few resource
and little credit. But the dellberat
stand taken by the people of Newfound
land will not bo abandoned without semi
sort of a struggle , notwithstanding th
decUiou of the colouial rtooro
fary. They will attempt a resistance of
the further invasion of the nghtH they
claim , and the force nnd extent of tlio
resistance will depend upon the outside
sympathy and support they can com
mand. It may bo feeble nnd short
lived , ns the circumstances would seem
to suggest , nnd yet it might become
serious. In nny event , It must be re
garded as striking evidence of n prevail
ing temper hostile to imperial control
which is not confined to Newfoundland ,
ns later events will undoubtedly show ,
nnd which is very certain to grow under
the Influences wo have already Indicated ,
TUB senatorial dead lock in Now Jer
sey has been broken by the election of
Kufus Bloodgett , a democrat , by the aid
of republican votes. Tim election of n
democrat , or no election at all , has ap
peared from the beginning to be the only
possible outcome of the contest , and in
Unit view the defeat of Leon Abbott , who
has resorted to every disreputable , illeiral
nnd revolutionary party device to sccuro
his own election , is a subject for congrat
ulation. In the senatorial elections so
far the not republican loss is only one.
Wo lose one In Now Jersey , but we
gained one in Nevada. The Turplo elec
tion in Indiana will doubtless not stand ,
nnd the one really lost is in California.
The republican majority in the senate is
small , but it is solid.
Bv asking for a too extended scope of
retaliation , the house periled tlio success
of the measure altogether , and it is n sub
ject for congratulation that it has re
ceded and accepted the senate's bill ,
which confined retaliation to tlio prcciso
subjects and cases involved in Canada's
unfriendly and , as wo hold , illegal con
struction of the existing treaty of 1818 ,
and of the commercial arrangements
made in 1830. When retaliation in kind
has been tried , should it bo found inade
quate it can bo extended. Bettor that
than to go too far nt first.
Tin : Hev. Henry Ward Bocchcr after
endorsing certain brands of soap as "su
perior , " now comes to the front attesting
the excellence of certain newspapers.
Mr. Be.ccher , in his way , is a wonderful
man. It might bo added that ns yet ho
has not endorsed cither of our esteemed
contemporaries.
defends the Knights
of Labor. He maintains that the spirit
of the order is in accord with the teach
ings of the church , and predicts that the
order will finally accomplish 'gratifying
results to nil classes.
A HIM , appropriating over three thous
and dollars for the relief of Otoc county
In the prosecution of Qtiinn Bohanan ,
has just passed. This murderer has
proven all but a mnscotte to the state of
Nebraska. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
KA.THEK than be called a back-pay grab
ber , Mr. Majors files a protest on the
twenty day oxtention. The Ncinaha
statesman could avoid any such sus
picion by refusing to accept over ? 3 per
day.
= - - =
A OUEAT deal of trouble , according to
reports , is caused in Chicago by money
counterfeiters. If they would try to
counterfeit decency there this would
bo a far better world.
IK Mrs. Druse had lived to sec some ot
the wood cuts purporting to bo her pict
ure , she unquestionably would have
thought that aftorall it was well that she
was to bo hanged.
TIIKSK balmy days suggest the thought
that tli3 actor of high tragedy who has
about completed his winter's engage
ment , will soon be looking for a situation ,
IK the charter isn't worn out in going
through the hands of different committees
we have an abiding faith that it will
finally be passed.
NOT at all n sporting man , yet Cleve
land has ills Trotter , just the same.
THE FIELD OF INDUSTRY.
Electric Hcht enterprises are springing tic
by the score.
Twenty-four strikes are reported In various
parts of the country.
The spinners of Fall Illver have sent In
their request for an advance of wages.
Wiiffos have been advanced at six places In
Pennsylvania within the past few days.
The Harmony mills , at Colioes , Now Yoik ,
run moro looms than all the mills In the
state o Georgia.
Material tor water works and cas workf
nnd pipe material of all kinds Is In vcrj
active demand.
Cotton manufactories are to bo built a *
Charlotte , N. C. , at Tuscaloosa , Ala. , ant
Columbus , Miss.
Some of the New England cotton good *
manufacturers are feeling the pressure o :
Georgia competition.
At no time have as mnny manufacturing
enterprises boon projected as nt this time
they cover almost every branch of manu
facturing.
An immense Iron works In Illinois , ncarlj
opposite St. Louis , built by a German syndi
cate twelve years ago at a cost of 81,500,000
Is to bo started up.
Notwithstanding the high porloctlon whicl
the Gorman cotton spinning Industry ha1
reached , a largo number of spUinera havi
kept their plants running at a loss.
There are nearly 150 Now York journey
men plumbers receiving strike botiolits , am
they nave been out six months. The ap
prentlceshlp question is the trouble.
A law has been passed In Maine forbidding
nny child under fifteen years of age working
when the public schools are In session , am
that minors muter twelve years of ngo shal
not be employed at nnv time.
The I'lttsburg bricklayers have agreed t
work nine hours. The puitdlers are all t\h \
cussing the cuaneo to bu mnile In the Jul ;
scale ot wages. Plttsburg will soon ha\e Oi
puddling furnaces In operation.
A Philadelphia llrm has just closed th
largest single blast furnace contract In Ala
baum tlmt has over been made In America
and work will bo begun at onto. It will talc
nearly n year and a half to complete the en
tire woik.
The makers of mining machinery , hy
draullc pumns , ere crushers , nnd of all ma
ehinory used In gold , silver , copper and coa
mining , are busier at this time than they hav
been lor many years. The output of got
and silver Is Increasing.
Some of the large corporations of Massa
clHisctts propose to test tliu conitltutloiiallt
ot the weekly payment act , on the groun <
that If a corporation and an employe see ti
to agree to monthly or any other payment
the state tins no right to Interfere.
A largo amount of English capital is flnci
Ing Investment in American mines. Th
KiiKllsti are studying ttio mineralogy of th
United States and am apparently determine
to capture tlio most desirable mint1 ral probi
bllltlesand will work tttem to their utmoi
capacity.
The Knights of Labor movement It pr <
creslne steadily In the southern states.
Klchmond alone nas twfinty-sK local assem-
bllM which meet every week , besides two
district assemblies which meet twice n month.
There nro more s ombllos being organized
nt the present time In the .southern states
than In nny other section of the country.
The dyers' strike In Pntersou Is closing
down n good many mills ; there are only
nbout 3.000 silk operatives now ut work. One
concern has given In. For nil this , capital
ists nro Interested In silk mills and the fu
ture ot the industry seems bright. American
silks are making their wiy , nnd slllc culture
Is bulii ; , ' stimulated nil over the e mm try.
IjOllt.
Clilcaao Tribune.
This Is Lent. So Is n great deal of mnnoy
nt extortionate rates of Interest , If legislators
nrc not mistaken.
A Set ( loll I-ook Ahnnd.
Mtnncnvoll * Trtb'ttif. '
The Indiana legisl.ittiro has appropriated
850,000 for the erection ot n hiiino for the
feeble-minded. 1'ieparlng a place whore
they may pass their declining yeais In peace
eh' . '
Tlio Rcnl Obstructionists.
Clcreltiml.rmirr. .
In Ohio , and In this country generally ,
practical tompuranco icforiiis may be looked
for from the republican party , while little
else than obstruction can come from the third
party piohlbltlonlsts.
Worth Considering.
lia't in Gtiilir ,
If some of our theologlc.il brethren would
stop quibbling over probation after death nnd
look after the poor souls who are enduring
probation hero It might bo the salvation of
many.
Waste of Golelcn HotirH.
Harpei ' * Miiaazme.
Like to Impatient chllciicn when the sky
Fiowns on some mom of longed-for festal
day
To cheat their happy hearts of out-door
play ,
Wo fret when scuds of ill above us fly ,
And every cloud nnd nionara magnlty ,
Till thus we waste our manhood's strength ,
as they
Their zest for pleasure in some in-door
way ,
Our ngo bcarco wiser than their Infancy.
If we could chafe nnd chase the clouds afar
llathcr thnu burrowed gloom upon them
bring.
Our gain its lack of craco might palliate ,
lint leave us yet with manliness at war.
That brave dellance to nil late would fllmr.
And by endurance make ns strong nnd
great. _
STATK AND TKUH1TOHY.
Nebraska Jottlngn.
Hog cholera is again running loose in
Frontier county.
Schuylor is preparing to don the toga
of a city of the second class.
Plattsinotith is talking up a milling
company with n capital of $10,000 to
build and operate a plant in that city.
Ira Davenport , n well known politician
in New York , has purchased a tract of 1U4
acres of land near Fremont for $3,000. ; }
The Nebraska City News halls the sale
of the Omaha Herald ns the dawn of
pcaco nnd good will in the democratic
ranks.
A Nebraska City inventor has perfected
machine for registering hogs. Ho ex
peels to reap a fortune among real estate
agents. Snap 1
The two railroads passlncr through
Memaha county , the B. & M. and the
Missouri Pacific , pay .f 20,000 a year taxes
into the treasury of that county.
A fool burglar in Hastings , after load
ing himself witli cutlery in Brascli's
hardware store , tumbled into n yawning
cellarway and yelled for help. A police
man helped him to jail.
A number of 1'onca's enterprising
small boys haves put up boxes around
town which will bo used as receptacles
for orders for work of all kinds which
may bo suitable for the youngsters to do.
The Wymorc Reporter apologizes for
endorsing J. M. Fuller during the fall
campaign as a reliable , trustworthy , hon
est man. Fuller holds down a seat in the
lower house of the legislature and works
his mouth.
"Do you sell thcso buckwheat cakes by
the aero ? " whispered a rural statesman
to u waiter in n Lincoln restaurant re
cently. "No , sah ; doy hab advanced and
we holds dom by do front foot. " "Well ,
give me a few inches and as much depth
us the market will stand. "
"Notes from Ireland" is the title of an
innocent looking little pamphlet sent
from the "ould sod" to all thn elailv news
paper ofiiees in the United StatesI It is
a weekly collection of crumbs for the ta
bles of Irish landlords , detailing the
"valorous" deeds of the eviction army in
driving from their homes the aged and
bedridden , and tne "glorious" work of
the flaming torch and crowbar. This
ash-barrel of Irish tyranny is filled nnd
distributed gratis throughout the United
States by the "Irish Loyal and Patriotic
union. " Scratch it and you will linrt an
Orangeman and an infernal opponent of
his country's progress , or an Irish rene
gade purchased by the queen's shilling.
Notes fill a small space in the waste bas
ket.
Iowa Items.
The town of Wilton is out of debt.
Jackson county has n first-class stock
of open saloons.
Wright county farmers are losing cat
tle from some unknown disease.
Hartley citizens nro agitating the
question of starting a cheese factory.
Kcokuk paid $27,975,45 in teachers'
salaries for the school year just ended.
The DCS Molncs Leader declares that
the reports of natural gas wells in the
state are "all vapar. "
The internal revenue collections in the
Davenport elistnct for February
union ntcd to $1)7,757.11. )
The salaries of teachers in Des Monies
last year amounted to $17,783.08. The gas
bill was only $17,803,20.
A po-mancnt injunction has been is
sued against the city council of Des
Moincs , prohibiting thu further increase
of the city debt.
The will of the late John C. MoCaus-
land of Davenport is to bo contested by
dissatisfied relatives. The usual plea of
undue influence and diseased mind is
set up.
The Burlington assessor reports there
will bo a decrease of al Icnst $30,000 in
thp amount of personal property there
this year , owimr to failures , removals
and retirement from business.
The nnnunl report of tlio officers of
the Diibuquo Homo of the Friendless
shows there wore thirteen adults and
twenty-one children in the institution
nnd the receipts wore $ lOr , IT.tij ( and ttio
expenditures $3,582.07.
Montana.
The legislature- pisscd a bill pro
hibiting variety shows.
Silver bar shipments from Butlo for
the week ending Febnairy 30 , were
valued at $114,8J3.
The output of the Helena Mining and
Reduction company for the liutt six
months of 18SO was $ . "i75,1)01.81 ) , divided
ns follows : ( .old , 75,001 pennyweights
silver , 303,053 ounces ; load , 4,880,591
pounds.
May next is sot down as the time when
the Utah & Northern will widen out to
broad gunge from Pocatello lo Butto. The
advnnco of thn main line from Dillon to
Helena will probably commence in
earnest early Ik the spring.
Advices from all parts of the territory
show that the Chinook , which coramonceel
on Saturday , continues with unabated
force. It lias carried oft" u great part of
the snow , except in the mountains , and
the catuo are again feeding nnd resting
from their recent severe experience. The
wonthor , if It continues , will cause a great
lood in the Mifsouii and Yellowstone
rivers and other streams.
Butte is a live city. The conspiring
elements , blockading the railroads , only
mrtinlly checked its stupendous mining
ndustrlc.s. The great silver nnd copper
) oiuin/.iis are .showing Utidiiululshed out
nit.s of ere , nnd the nggrogatlou of mills
mil suii'Lers nro ns actively operated n.s
it any tlino in the history of the cainn
The volume of mercantile business tlio
inst year was equaled by no preceding
enr , nnd in sympathy with tlio vast c\ .
illusion in milling development , the citv
irotnii-es a wonderful advance ) nnd its
rado to increasein proportion tin-
) resonty nr. Butte has plenty of re
sources , nnd its prosperity is assured for
lecndes to come.
The commission created by the United
States scnnto to treat with the Indians
of northern Montana has concluded Its
nbors. The ) agreements they have made
with the Indians will , ns soon ns ratified
> y congress , restore to the public domain
u Montana about 17W)0,000 ) acres ol
and. Tlio huge reservation , which occu
pies the ) northern hnlf of tlio terntor }
rom the Kooky mountains to the Dakota
border , contnins about 23,000,000 acres
Uout six million of those the Indian *
will retain in three different reservations ,
ocnted nt Fort Peck , 1-ort Belknap , and
the Blackfoot agencies. For the cession
of this enormous tract of land to tlm
government the Indinnfi nr to rccelvo
51,300,000 , in yearly installments.
The 1'aulflu Const.
Fresno and Merced farmers nro begin-
iing to use the steam plow in cultivating
their fields.
A male child with three legs was berne
o a Mexican family in San Luis Obispo
ho other elny.
Red Blufl'is n healthy city. The local
ombstoni ) maker has been compelled to
lie his petition for insolvency.
There are moro men at work in Iho
Tombstone. A. T. , mines at the prevent
time than there has boon for the past two
years.
There is moro demand for mining prop-
srty and moro sales have been made in
S'ew Mexico and Ari/ona in the last
six months than there has been for sev
eral years.
The town of Woodlnnd , when incor-
loratcd in 1871 , had an assesseel valuation
> f property amounting to $0151,538. At
the present time the valuation has in
creased to nbout $3,000,000.
A mica mine near Moscow , Ncz Perco
oounty , Idaho , recently sold for $1)0,000 ) ,
las been r3 old to other parties tor if 125-
000. The eleposit of mica is said to bo
very large nnd of line quality.
Indian Jerry , of Fresno Flat , recently
ended n sentence of 1,000 days for killinir
mother Indian. He celebrated Ins return
to camp by thu murder ot a second Indinn
ind is now in jail awaiting trial.
A scheme is on foot in the Nevada log-
slaturo to appropriate $3oO,000 ns a
starter toward making n tunnel four
niles in length to tap Lake Taboo , so that
Larson City can secure water power anel
become a manufacturing town.
AFTER TWENTY-FOUR YEARS.
Dr. John Taylor Finds Ills Wife ana
JlfiURlitor After tione Separation-
Cleveland Lender : John Taylor wns
jorn in this city about forty-live years
igo. Ho was the son of n Presbyterian
Minister. The family resided in Clove-
and until n few years before the rebel-
ion , when they moved to the south. The
< ov. Mr. Taylor secured n pastorate and ,
lis children became imbued with the
southern spirit. Before leaving Clovo-
and John Taylor married a hnndsoma
young lady , but the alliance was made
without the consent of his family. His
wife went south with him , however , and
at the breaking out ot the war Taylor en
listed in a confederate roginicnt. His
Utilities were speedily rccogni/.cd by hla
superior ofllcon ) nnd promotion was
rapid. The time came when n trusted
miissary had to bo sent to England on an
inportaut mission. Taylor being n quick ,
ntoliigcnt man witli diplomatic quali
ties , ho was detailed to go. The trip oc
cupied .several months , nnd when Taylor
returned found that a daughter had
been born to him during hifi absence.
Taylor had been but a short time with
his family when the rebel government
again needed his service and he was des
patched to Englanel for a second time.
A great sorrow was in store for him , anel
when hero turned to his southern homo ho
inquired for his wife and child. Ho wns
told by his friends that both were dead.
The war was soon ended and a few
months later Taylor's father died in Cin
cinnati. His estate was divided among
seven children , nnd John received $3,000
as his share. With this money he went
to England and studied medicine in Lon
don. Graduating , ho settled in a small
city not far from London. His practice
wns not very lucrative , and , nfter return
ing to London for n short time , ho went
to Australia. Hero ho followed his pro
fession successfully. During nil thcsa
years ho searched for his daughter , not
believing that she had died. In pursuit
of her he twice carne to this city , but
could not finet the slightest trace of her.
Mrs Tny.or was told , so it has been as-
ccrtained lately , that her husband was
dead , nnd soon nftor she came north , nnd
hns resided pvincipally in Cleveland.
Tlio daughter became n young lady nnd
about n year ngo she married a machines !
named Meyer. She told her husband that
the believed her father was not dead , and
her reasons for holding that opinion.
Meyer determined to find the father if he
was alive. He wrote several letters to
London , and received an answer that
Taylor had studied medicine. Further
investigation was made , and it wus
learned that Taylor had gone to Austra
lia. Knowing that Dr. Taylor had al
ways taken an interest in sporting mat
ters , his daughter caused advertisements
to bo placed in the leading sporting
journals of London and New Tork city.
Nothing was heard in response to these
noticesand letters were aeldrcssed to Dr.
Taylor at Melbourne nnd Sydney , in
Aiibtrailhi. The letter addressed to him
at the latter .place foil into his hands
about four months ngo. Ho immediately
answered it , and noon nftur received ono
from his daughter , stating that she and
her mother woJO still alive anel living in
Cleveland. Dr. Taylor did not wait to
answer the ) last missive , 1/ut , packing up ,
1m took the first sUanier for Sun rrnn-
cisco , and arrived in Cleveland two
weeks ngo. Ho met his wife nml daugh
ter nftcr a separation tof twenty-four
years.